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                                          |                                         |                             November 19, 2009
  ___________                             | PRELIMINARY TEXTILE AND APPAREL IMPORTS |
 |           |                            |         HTS Chapters 50-63 ONLY!        |
 |  JAMAICA  |                            | Preliminary 10/2009 Data in Million M2  |
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(P)  These data are limited preliminary import data based on import figures from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
It will be supplanted by official imports from the Census Bureau as those data become available.  The release of these data 
is to allow preliminary analysis of the impact of total imports into the United States and imports from China into the 
United States to facilitate the administration of the textile safeguard in China's WTO Accession Agreement.

Because this report contains data for HTS Chapters 50-63 only, the following categories may be incomplete or not 
appear at all:  201, 229, 239, 359, 362, 369, 439, 459, 469, 621, 622, 659, 666, 669, 670, 859, 870, 871 and 899.


                           Calendar Years       Year-to-Date                 Year-Endings                             YE 10/2009
 Ctrl, Cat, Product        2007      2008    10/2008   10/2009  % Change   10/2008    8/2009    9/2009   10/2009  % Change % Share

                                                           (P)                                               (P)

Cotton or Man-Made Fiber:
 222 Knit Fabric           0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 229 Special Fabric        0.323     0.214     0.175     0.146    -16.70     0.236     0.184     0.182     0.185   -21.66    0.01

Cotton:
 317 Twill Fabric          0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 331 Cot.Glove/Mitten      0.011     0.020     0.020      *          *       0.020      *         *         *         *       *  
 336 Cotton Dresses        0.000     0.001     0.001     0.000    -61.11     0.001     0.000     0.000     0.000   -61.11    0.00
 338 Knit Shirts,MB        0.681     0.337     0.298     0.001    -99.74     0.344     0.091     0.066     0.039   -88.59    0.00
 339 W/G Knit Blouse       0.847     0.655     0.559     0.002    -99.65     0.691     0.236     0.166     0.098   -85.82    0.01
 340 N-Knt Shirts,MB       0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 341 W/G N-Knt Blouse      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 347 Cot.M/B Trousers      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 352 Cotton Underwear     17.296     9.148     7.971     0.428    -94.63     9.557     3.214     2.278     1.605   -83.21    0.09
 359 Oth. Cot. App.        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 369 Oth. Cot. Manuf.      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    100.00     0.000      *         *        0.000   100.00    0.00

Wool:
 459 Oth.Wool Apparel      0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -40.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -40.00    0.00

Man-Made Fiber:
 633 Suit-Typ Coat,MB      0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000     0.000     0.000      *         *       *  
 636 Dresses               0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 638 Knit Shirts, MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000      *      0.00
 639 Knit Blouses,WG       0.018     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 642 Skirts                0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 643 MMF Suits, M/B        0.000     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 647 Trousers,etc MB       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000    -90.00     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000   -90.00    0.00
 648 Slacks,etc. WG        0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000       *       0.000      *         *        0.000      *      0.00
 652 M-MF Underwear        0.229     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  
 666 Other Furnishing      0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 669 Other MMF Manuf       0.002     0.000     0.000      *          *       0.000      *         *         *         *       *  

Silk and Vegetable Fiber:
 836 S/V Dresses           0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *  
 899 Other S/V Manuf       0.000     0.001     0.001      *          *       0.001      *         *         *         *       *